“And Job said: ‘Let the day perish in which I was born…. Let that day be darkness!’” Job did not commit suicide. Yet, his expressions of despair could have been a prelude. His life had become a ritual of darkness and perishing. I…

SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE Stephen Stills wrote “For What It Is Worth” which was recorded by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. The context was the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. The lyrics reflect 2018. What was past was prologue. Some of the words:…

What is a Biblical case for gun violence prevention (GVP)? Actions for GVP must be grounded in the Word. Here is my take on a Biblical foundation. PRESUPPOSITIONS: 1) The will of God is nonviolent love; 2) People activate the weapon. The weapon…

Jeremiah is banging on the Church’s doors. He is called to announce judgment upon Jerusalem and the nations surrounding. Why? Because God wants them to care for the alien, the orphan and the widow, to not shed innocent blood and not go after…

FEAR is the fuel that powers the NRA engine. What else could prompt Dana Loesch, NRA spokeswoman, to bellow, “[Journalists] are the rat bastards of the earth. They are the boil on the backside of American politics…. Journalists need to be curb-stomped…. I’m…

REVISITING FOUR GUN LAWS. I am grateful to Pastor Mark English who provided the article “4 Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shooting”. I published it on Facebook and the response was overwhelming! I think it is worth repeating. It…

In the Forward to Augustine’s CITY OF GOD, Etienne Gilson describes Augustine’s two loves and two cities. Gilson writes that “the two loves produce two cities.” Quoting Augustine, “These are two loves, the one which is holy, the other, unholy; one social, the…

There is HOPE AMIDST HATE. Hatred erupted with 14 pipe bombs being mailed to Democrats and those opposed to President Trump. Hatred erupted when a White Supremicist killed two Black people on Kroger’s property in Tennessee. Hatred erupted when an Anti-Semite killed 11…

LAWS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. In the Old Testament, the Ten Commandments were the foundation of Jewish Law. In the New Testament, Jesus’ Great Commandment compressed the Ten Commandments into loving God, loving neighbor and loving yourself. A mantra in the United States is…

NEHEMIAH AND THE NRA are at loggerheads. As the NRA opens the floodgates of gun rights, Nehemiah embraces protection for the common good. Nehemiah writes following the return of the Israelites from Babylon. Jerusalem needed to be rebuilt and a protective wall was…